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On this day in history:
November 18th, 1523 - Cardinal Giulio de' Medici became Pope Clement VII. In Henry VIII reign, he is known as the Pope who wouldn't give Henry what he wanted: A divorce to Queen Katherine of Aragon to marry Anne Boleyn.
Pope Clement VII was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 November 1523 to his death on 25 September 1534. Clement VII, original name was Giulio de’ Medici, born May 26, 1478 in Florence, Italy. An illegitimate son of Giuliano de’ Medici, brother to the famous Lorenzo Medici, The Magnificent. He was reared by his uncle Lorenzo and was made archbishop of Florence and cardinal in 1513 by his cousin Pope Leo X, whose political policies he influenced.
Clement accelerated the breaking of the English church from Rome by pronouncing Henry’s marriage to Catherine valid in 1533. The Act of Supremacy followed (November 1534), making the king of England head of the English church.
November 18th, 1523 - Cardinal Giulio de' Medici became Pope Clement VII. In Henry VIII reign, he is known as the Pope who wouldn't give Henry what he wanted: A divorce to Queen Katherine of Aragon to marry Anne Boleyn.
Pope Clement VII was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 November 1523 to his death on 25 September 1534. Clement VII, original name was Giulio de’ Medici, born May 26, 1478 in Florence, Italy. An illegitimate son of Giuliano de’ Medici, brother to the famous Lorenzo Medici, The Magnificent. He was reared by his uncle Lorenzo and was made archbishop of Florence and cardinal in 1513 by his cousin Pope Leo X, whose political policies he influenced.
Clement accelerated the breaking of the English church from Rome by pronouncing Henry’s marriage to Catherine valid in 1533. The Act of Supremacy followed (November 1534), making the king of England head of the English church.
